Garre language
Garre (also known as Af-Garre) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Garre people inhabiting southern Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It belongs to the family's Cushitic branch, and has an estimated 2.5 million speakers. Garre language is considered a Somalised dialect of Borana Oromo language.
| Garre | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Somalia |
| Region | southern |
| Ethnicity | Somali |
Native speakers | 2,500,000 (2012)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gex |
| Glottolog | garr1259 |
| ELP | Garre[2] |
Notes
- Garre at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Garre.
References
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